Lead Java Developer

Recruiter
Tria Recruitment
Location
Worcester
Salary
Competitive
Posted
18 Sep 2020
Closes
25 Sep 2020
Sectors
IT
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

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Lead Java Developer
(Developer / Java Developer / Technical Lead / Java Lead)
Worcester/Winchester/Milton Keynes
GBP50,000-GBP60,000

We're looking for a proactive Lead Java Developer to join our client, a fast-paced finance software company.

You'll be joining a cross-functional scrum team to deliver software across greenfield projects. This will include requirement gathering, analytics, and building. It's the perfect role for someone looking to step up into design and architecture. You will be in a position of leadership, having the opportunity to coach and mentor those more junior than you.

Key responsibilities:

  • Leading cross-functional scrum teams responsible for hands-on delivery of software.
  • Providing technical leadership and advocating & implementing improvements in working practices.
  • Being continually aware of emerging technological trends and proposing and implementing new solutions and industry standard techniques.
  • Acting in the role of coach and mentor providing support and advice to other members of the Software Development department.
  • Enhancing the scalability and performance of our systems.
  • Delivering new customer requirements as quickly, reliably, and efficiently as possible.
  • Liaising with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Architects, Developers, and QA's to establish and implement requirements and/or resolve live operational issues.
  • You will be a natural leader, with experience in leading software developing projects.

Requirements:

  • Extensive experience of working on large complex software applications and databases with high volumes of data and large numbers of concurrent users.
  • Experience of major redesign and refactoring of complex enterprise solutions.
  • Experience of leading software development projects in Java.
  • Use and implementation of Design Patterns.
  • Demonstrable technical leadership experience.
  • Experience of tackling performance and scalability issues on a large, high-throughput system, using industry-standard techniques and tools.

Technologies and skills:

  • Extensive knowledge of Java and web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
  • In-depth knowledge of MySQL.
  • In-depth knowledge of REST, SOAP, and SOA.
  • Problem solving and deep analysis skills including ability to diagnose performance issues.
  • The ability to convert business and/or technical level requirements into successful implementation.

The ideal candidate will also have experience with:

  • Angular and Formly.
  • Apache Tomcat and Servlet API.
  • Gradle and Groovy.
  • TDD, XP, Continuous Integration.
  • Agile delivery skills - for example Scrum / Kanban and Scaled Agile Framework.
  • Atlassian software such as Bamboo and JIRA.
  • Proficiency in proprietary technologies.

This is a great opportunity to join an organisation that is heavily investing in its engineering function and its tech stack. They're also looking to expand their team, so joining at this stage will give you the perfect chance to shape the technology the company is using and drive change.

If this sounds of interest to you, do send across your CV...... click apply for full job details

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